Cannot run on Windows Vista

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How do I uninstall and re-install?

Cannot run on Windows Vista

Penmonicus 20 Oct 2009 23:49

I believe I followed the instructions to the letter, but now when I double-click on the "phatch.py" icon, a black command prompt appears for a second, some text runs down it, then it closes, and nothing happens.

- One thing that may have impacted, is that, when installing wxPython, there was a checkbox at the end, which "changed all .py files to .pyc". I'm not sure if I should have left this checked, or if I should have changed phatch.py to phatch.pyc. -

If neither of those appear to be the answer, I'm keen to uninstall and re-install to try again - would the normal Windows "Add/Remove Programs" be applicable here, or would it be more in-depth?

Re: Cannot run on Windows Vista

stani 21 Oct 2009 14:22

What downloads did you use to install phatch?

Re: Cannot run on Windows Vista

Penmonicus 21 Oct 2009 23:36

Heya. Thanks for getting back to me so quickly.

I downloaded the first link under Windows on the "Install" wikidot page - "phatch-dependencies-win32-py26.zip", and installed the four dependencies in the order noted in the readme, then installed the 3 "optional" programs, too.

These files are saved in C:\Python26
Does the "phatch-0.1.6" directory need to be saved in a particular place?

Re: Cannot run on Windows Vista

stani 22 Oct 2009 01:37

No the phatch directory can be anywhere. To keep it simple put it as "C:\phatch" Open in the start menu of windows the "Run" entry and type "cmd" (or open the DOS command prompt in another way).

Go inside this folder:
cd C:\phatch\phatch

and start phatch:
python phatch.py

Paste back the error you get.

Re: Cannot run on Windows Vista

Penmonicus 22 Oct 2009 22:32

I did as you suggested, but the command "python phatch.py" gave an error stating that "python" was not a valid command. By entering simply "phatch.py", the below error came out, which I believe is the same error that appears briefly after I double-click on the phatch.py icon:

c:\phatch\phatch>phatch.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\phatch\phatch\phatch.py", line 59, in <module>
main()
File "C:\phatch\phatch\phatch.py", line 56, in main
app.main(config_paths, app_file = FILE)
File "C:\phatch\phatch\app.py", line 167, in main
_gui(app_file,paths,settings)
File "C:\phatch\phatch\app.py", line 121, in _gui
from pyWx import gui
File "C:\phatch\phatch\pyWx\gui.py", line 51, in <module>
from core import api, ct
File "C:\phatch\phatch\core\api.py", line 26, in <module>
from core import ct, pil
File "C:\phatch\phatch\core\pil.py", line 26, in <module>
import Image
ImportError: No module named Image

Re: Cannot run on Windows Vista

stani 22 Oct 2009 22:39

It looks like PIL-1.1.6.win32-py2.6.exe is not properly installed. If you are sure you installed it, please remove it.

Afterwards download it from here and try again:
http://effbot.org/downloads/PIL-1.1.6.win32-py2.6.exe

Re: Cannot run on Windows Vista

Spudster 10 Mar 2010 13:18

Hi Stani / Anyone willing to help,

I have the same problem as above. I've got 2.6 running but phatch just appears as the black command prompt for 2secs.

Please help.

Thanks

Re: Cannot run on Windows Vista

clanmills 16 Mar 2010 06:21

Hi Sputster

I'm Stani's Scottish Software Situation Solver from Silicon Valley, California. I have the current development branch of Phatch running on XP/32, Vista/64 and Windows7/64 (and several Macs and Linux systems). It is working for me and I am happy to help you.

You're probably aware that there are a number of library dependancies involved in getting Phatch to work. We are working towards having a installer (and self contained phatch.exe) which will "just work" without you having to install the dependancies.

However we're a few weeks (probably 2-3 months) from having the installer/standalone phatch.exe ready and tested.

I have phatch running on Vista/64 Ultimate with ActivePython (2.6) 32bit edition. I downloaded wxWidgets2.8 (2.8.10.1) and PIL 1.1.7. You can google and download those. You will also need pyexiv2 (and several files that come with it) and it's available from clanmills.com.

I've used the sysinternals utility "listdlls python" to inspect the libraries that have been loaded into memory and I don't see anything unusual. However I will make a list of the dependancies and from where these can be obtained and update this thread tomorrow (3/16/2010).

Do you have bzr installed on your system (to obtain the current code)? If you don't have bzr, I can post a zip of latest code on clanmills.com tomorrow.

Do you know which version of phatch you are trying to execute?

I understand that all those downloads are rather tedious and that's why we're working on a simple way to install and execute phatch. If you'd like to join the test effort, we're always happy to accept assistance.